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These cookies are perfect for the holiday season! You could bring them to your next Christmas party and no one would even know they are healthy (I like to call it stealth health)! These cookies are packed with healthy fats, fiber, vitamins and minerals…what a deceptive little cookie ;) To make them even more exciting they take less than 10 min to make and will store for weeks!

I highly recommend these for chocolate mint fanatics, like myself. Just make sure to spread out the extract well, if it doesn’t get totally mixed throughout the other ingredients it can be really strong tasting. If you’re not a big mint fan just skip the mint extract or replace it with a different flavored extract instead.I bet coconut or orange would be good!

Raw Dark Chocolate (Mint) Cookies

1 teaspoon mint extract (replace with a different flavored extract if preferred, or omit)

⅛ teaspoon salt

shredded coconut

Blend all of the ingredients, except the coconut, in a food processor until the mixture is in fine crumbs (it will start to clump) and is very sticky. Remove heaping 1-tablespoon bits of the mixture, form into balls and roll in the coconut.

Store in the refrigerated in an airtight container. They will keep for several weeks…but be gobbled up before then!

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February 19th may just be a better day for chocolate than February 14th….The US National Confectioners Association has declared February 19 to be Chocolate Mint Day! This flavor combo happens to be one of my all-time favorites (salted caramel chocolate is a close runner up!)

There has been a lot of talk about how chocolate has health benefits lately, which may be true if you are eating minimally processed dark ( >70%) chocolate, making sure cocoa mass/solids is the 1st ingredient (not sugar). This way you are getting the most flavonoids (an antioxidant). Also, if you like cocoa powder as much as I do (I add a teaspoon to my coffee, some teas, plain yogurt, oatmeal etc) make sure you don’t use dutch processed cocoa as this alkalinization process markedly reduces the antioxidant content. With that in mind, I don’t usually eat chocolate for the antioxidants (which I can get in many other foods) I eat it for pleasure! And that is exactly what this post is about.. because this recipe is by no means healthy…so eat lots of vegetables at dinner! ;)

These brownies are very easy to make and only require 1 bowl to lick to wash when you’re done! They are fudgy, chewy, minty, chocolatey goodness…pretty much just the best things ever!

Mint-Stuffed Dark Chocolate Brownies

Makes 12 (if you resist the urge to eat batter…I usually end up with 11 slightly bigger ones)

Place chocolate and butter in a large microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 30-second bursts, stirring between, until just melted and smooth.

Whisk in sugar and salt until smooth. Whisk in eggs. Gently whisk in flour and cocoa until just smooth (do not over mix).

Spoon 1 heaping tablespoon of batter into each lined cup. Press 1 peppermint patty on top of batter. Top with 2 more tablespoons of batter, covering peppermint patty completely. Bake, rotating tin halfway through, until a cake tester inserted halfway into the centers comes out with only a few moist crumbs attached, about 25 to 30 minutes (I like mine slightly under done, usually 25 min)